Posted by yxibow on December 25, 2007, at 22:01:48
In reply to Horrible anxiety, posted by zana on December 19, 2007, at 20:55:32
> i am taking 1750mg of depakote and am suffering the most awful anxiety. has anyone had a response like this? i am also taking 3mg klonopin, 600mg neurontin and 100 mg of seroquel. i have never had such awful anxiety in my life.
I'd have to know the reason for the Depakote before passing judgment statements on it. There are reasons, maybe your doctor thinks you are borderline bipolar. Sometimes people go through the merrygoround of AEDs like Trileptal (I was there). Lyrica (caused 20/30 vision). Etc. Eventually a good portion of people settle on a mood stabilizer but sometimes it doesn't help anyone :/
Anxiety is a powerful thing because your brain is a powerful organ. Don't underestimate it. I take 400 mg Seroquel, 2400mg Neurontin, 100mg Valium, titrating on Lamictal, and I still have confusion and my very rare Somatoform NOS has still never been solved. Its morphed. My brain expresses anxiety in physical, real physical bodily sensations, mostly visual, but others too. Somatoform disorders are very real things -- pseudoseizures are the most common.
The Klonopin you're taking is a bit subtle, Valium is a better choice than switching to Xanax, at least for most I would say (some people are perfectly happy on Xanax XR, but there are caveats to all benzodiazepines eventually) because I consider Xanax extremely short term -- if you take it too much, with its short but powerful half life, it looses its steam (did for me). Eventually Valium does too, which I am faced with but I have trouble going forward or backward because it actually does still help my anxiety disorder even though I dont feel it.-- jay
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